vocal production and novel word learning in the first year

Marinella Majorano; Tamara Bastianello; Marika Morelli; Manuela Lavelli; Marilyn Vihman

doi:10.1017/S0305000918000521

vocal production and novel word learning in the first year

Marinella Majorano, Tamara Bastianello, Marika Morelli, Manuela Lavelli, Marilyn Vihman

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Abstract

Previous studies have demonstrated an effect of early vocal production on infants’ speech processing and lexical advance. This study focuses on the relationship between vocal production and new word learning. Thirty monolingual Italian-learning infants were recorded at about 11 months, to establish the extent of their consonant production. In parallel, the infants were trained on novel word-object pairs, two consisting of early-learned consonants (ELC), two consisting of late-learned consonants (LLC). Word learning was assessed through Preferential Looking. The results suggest that vocal production supports word learning: Only children with higher, consistent consonant production attended more to the trained ELC images.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	606-616
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Child Language
Volume	46
Early online date	11 Jan 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000918000521
Publication status	Published - 31 May 2019

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